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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women who were part of the 1975 Chinese expedition were able to reach heights of more than 8000 meters?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

2. In the Tibet chapter, how did Messner and Nena actually travel to their intended destination as they waited for the weather on Everest to clear?
(a) By caravan.
(b) By flying.
(c) By walking.
(d) By driving.

3. After sharing barley beer with a family in the Four Dragon Village in the Rongbuk chapter, what did Messner leave with the family as a guest gift?
(a) His pocket knife.
(b) His compass.
(c) His diary.
(d) His handkerchief.

4. When Messner and Nena decided to leave their base camp and travel throughout the region because the weather on Everest was terrible in the Tibet chapter, where did they head to?
(a) Tingri.
(b) Nangpa La.
(c) Ama Dablam.
(d) Cho Oyu.

5. As Messner planned the route he would use to scale Mount Everest, whose route was he trying not to deviate from?
(a) Maurice WIlson.
(b) George Mallory.
(c) Edmund Hillary.
(d) Earl Denman.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the Chinese assault on Mount Everest in 1975, how many Chinese and Tibetans were part of the expedition?

2. What did Messner estimate the nighttime temperatures on Everest were?

3. Instead of returning to the base camp after leaving the Four Dragon Village in the Rongbuk chapter, Messner's group took a detour. Where did the group overnight?

4. As the Chomolungma chapter opens and Messner finally began his ascent of Everest, how long had he been at an altitude of 5000 meters or higher?

5. What was the Potala that Messner spied sitting on the Marpori in the Tibet chapter?i

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Tibet chapter, what was Nena's egotistical reason for not wanting Messner to take the walkie-talkie with him for his summit attempt?

2. According to Messner in the Chomolungma chapter, why would an attempt to preplan his solo climb be madness?

3. As Nena and Messner camped for the night at the Rongbuk river just at the edge of a village while waiting for the water to go down enough to safely cross the river in the Rongbuk chapter, what did Nena write that her big mistake of the night was?

4. In the North Col chapter, why did Nena decide to change her socks just as Messner said he was ready to go for their walk?

5. Why were Nena and Messner surprised when they reached their small intermediate camp in the Chomolungma chapter?

6. According to Messner in the Chomolungma chapter, why did nomads love their homelands more than stationary citizens do?

7. Why were women included on the 1975 Chinese expedition team?

8. According to Messner in the Chomolungma chapter, it would be impossible to reach the summit of Mount Everest without doing what first?

9. According to Nena in the Tibet chapter, why would Messner's solo ascent be lessened if he took a walkie-talkie with him?

10. As Messner studied the North Col, what did he hope would hold true based on the sixteen year weather cycle?

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